1 Changes of the Claws Mail GTK2 branch
7 * GnuTLS 2.2 is now a minimum requirement if encrypted connections to
10 * The list displays have been updated to use newer GTK+ functions,
11 this means that the expanders look different and the optional dotted
12 lines have been dropped.
14 * A hidden option, 'summary_from_show', which controls the display in
15 the From column of the Message List: 0 (default): show name,
16 1: show address, 2: show name + address
18 * The image viewer now uses the EXIF Orientation.
20 * 'Generate X-Mailer header' has been added as an Account option.
22 * /View/Message scroll has been added, allowing keyboard shortcuts to
23 be added and used for message scrolling.
25 * Home and End keys now function in the Message View.
27 * /Message/Print has been added to the Compose window.
33 * Updated translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, French,
34 Hungarian, Indonesian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian.
37 o bug 1489, 'Filter action mark_as_read inoperative
39 o bug 1563, 'Folder view: show complete threads if they
40 contain unread messages'
41 o bug 1870, 'arrow scrolling in filters'
42 o bug 2116, 'Rip spaces off server names in account
44 o bug 2127, 'SSL cert check uses canonical name instead of
46 o bug 2177, 'addrbook/addrbook-00000?.xml is not deleted
47 after removing the address book in the GUI'
48 o bug 2303, 'Next unread message enables message view'
49 o bug 2310, 'Crash when hitting Ctrl+R to reply to a
51 o bug 2377, 'Show All Headers - make change persistent
53 o bug 2402, 'GnuTLS change breaks socket communication'
54 o bug 2404, 'matcherrc updates upon account renaming'
55 o bug 2406, 'some part of accountrc not updated upon account
57 o bug 2408, 'Some UI elements are not persistent between
59 o bug 2422, 'Toggle Message View w/ V crashes Claws'
60 o bug 2479, 'LDIF address book import matches tags case
62 o bug 2481, 'do not scroll "from" dropdown list and sender
64 o bug 2493, 'Subscription pull down should be alphabetized'
65 o bug 2502, 'gnutls_transport_set_lowat removed in gnutls
67 o bug 2505, 'tagsdb becomes polluted with old folder entries'
68 o bug 2509, 'manually added headers are lost unless mail is
70 o bug 2520, 'Please remove verbose "No further processing
71 after rule %s" message.'
72 o bug 2525, 'Address completion window does not get keyboard
74 o bug 2526, 'When reading message in separate window, n and p
76 o bug 2529, 'crash in mimeview_start_drag after deleting
78 o bug 2543, 'filter actions in actionsrc not updated upon
80 o bug 2560, 'crash when unsubscribing newsgroup and having
82 o Fix focus problem on Gnome shell
83 o Fix flicker on recursive quicksearch
84 o Fix huge slowness induced by spellcheck "while typing"
85 during initial quote rewraps.
86 o Fix build with GLib 2.31.
87 o Fix crasher when spellchecking is not enabled
88 o Fix compose window size saving/restoring
94 * The name of the account is now included within the Network Log
95 output. (See enhancement request 2184)
97 * Right-clicking a message in the Message List no longer opens the
98 message. (See enhancement request 2353)
102 * Updated translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, French, Hungarian,
103 Lithuanian, and Slovak.
106 o bug 1963, 'Preferences Templates Information Window Focus
108 o bug 2397, 'Gtkhtml2 viewer ignores message encoding'
109 o bug 2402, 'can't download message from pop3 server'
110 o bug 2409, 'Failed to compile under GCC 3.x : option
111 -Wno-pointer-sign badly set in configure.ac'
112 o bug 2412, 'Send account mail address in Message-ID wrongly
114 o bug 2414, 'Claws segfaults on startup with notification
116 o bug 2418, 'NNTP authentication is broken'
117 o bug 2420, 'Invalid markup in icon tooltip text after
119 o bug 2439, 'use bitwise operator for bitmask instead of
121 o bug 2461, 'popup menu in message list displays 'move to
123 o bug 2462, 'Building without GnuTLS support leads to a
125 o fix trayicon build with gtk < 2.18.x
126 o don't minimise/hide warning dialogue on plugin load error
127 o when using a Compose template, only place the cursor in the
128 body when the cursor symbol, %cursor (%X), is used
129 o fix build on Debian Sid.
130 o fix cursor placement in Forward template
131 o fix duplicate key accels
132 o fix NNTP server sending authentication warning as part of
133 the connection session
138 * Added a hidden option, 'show_inline_attachments'. When this is
139 de-activated inline attachments referenced by other message parts,
140 (e.g. attached images referenced in an HTML message part), are
141 hidden. This is on by default, maintaining previous behaviour.
143 * Added a hidden option, 'msgview_date_format'. When this option is
144 activated the Date format in the Message View will have the same
145 format as in the Message List. The format of the date is also
146 controlled in the same way, by the option on the Display/Summaries
147 page of the Preferences. This is off by default, maintaining
150 * Several GUI improvements:
151 o Reworked Simplify Subject RegExp in the Folder Properties
152 o The IMAP option 'Move deleted mails to trash and expunge
153 immediately' has been moved to the Advanced page of the
155 o The option 'Send account mail address in Message-ID' has
156 been moved to theSend page of the Account Preferences.
157 o Improvements to the Preferences for the Toolbars.
158 o Improvements to the initial Set-up Wizard dialogues.
159 o Improvements to the Templates preferences pages.
160 o Implemented a nicer scroll when drag and dropping.
161 o Added a button to get dictionaries on WIndows.
163 * New translation: Lithuanian.
165 * Updated translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, French,
166 Slovak, Spanish, Ukranian.
169 o bug 2039, 'SMTP AUTHENTICATION'
170 o bug 2050, 'Clawsmail sends return receipt every seconds'
171 o bug 2148, 'Attachment content-transfer-encoding incorrectly
172 set when signing emails'
173 o bug 2165, 'The date not localized in the message view'
174 o bug 2203, 'Problems in forwarding multipart/alternative
175 messages with HTML part'
176 o bug 2237, 'User action makes Claws unresponsive'
177 o bug 2279, 'crash when clicking 'define' in filter
179 o bug 2299, 'Incorrect handling of quoted printable coma
181 o bug 2315, 'claws-mail 3.7.7 crashes when trying to compose
182 mail on FreeBSD 9.0 amd64 (GTK+ 2.22.1/GLib
184 o bug 2322, 'GPG Full info: showing subkey ID instead of
185 primary key fingerprint'
186 o bug 2325, 'messages remains in folder cache after moving
187 from MH to IMAP boxes'
188 o bug 2331, 'Base64 is broken in 3.7.7 and 3.7.8'
189 o bug 2332, 'Crash when hitting cancel on the SMTP status
191 o bug 2346, 'Please register x-handler-scheme in .desktop
193 o bug 2350, 'Make displaying localized date/time in message
195 o bug 2361, 'Claws crashes after PGP Check in separate msg
197 o bug 2365, 'Crash when auto-scrolling headers in compose
199 o bug 2369, 'valgrind.h should NOT be part of claws-mail'
200 o bug 2381, 'Support for NetworkManager 0.9'
201 o bug 2383, 'folderitemrc not updated when account name is
203 o bug 2393, 'Crashes and rendering problems in the "Save as"
204 menu caused by attachments with umlauts in the
206 o bug 2394, 'backtrace() crashes on FreeBSD'
207 o fix matcher body parsing
208 o fix crash when searching or adding a LDAP server
209 o fix sa-learn when offline
210 o TrayIcon plugin: fix logic bug which caused icon to be
211 always set no-mail status on plugin load
212 o TrayIcon plugin: force icon hide on plugin_done(), without
213 it an empty space is left in tray under KDE3 and KDE4
214 o fix segfault on Windows
220 o rfe 2309, 'Shortcuts should not be modifiable by default'
221 o bug 2313, 'CLI quicksearch sometimes returns the same
223 o bug 2317, 'Action results in "Bad file descriptor"'
224 o PGP/Core: Win32 build fix
225 o NNTP: fix replying (broken in corner case)
226 o fix configure option --disable-manual
227 o One more GTK+ 2.22 build fix
228 o Debian bug 599547, 'Please re-introduce quick shortcut for
234 * Enable building with GTK+ 2.22.
236 * A QuickSearch can now be run from the command line using the
237 --search command. See `claws-mail --help` for more information.
239 * Added a hidden option to set a margin in the text area of the
240 Compose window. 'show_compose_margin', defaults to FALSE.
245 * Require GTK+ 2.10 or newer.
247 * Enable building with GTK+ 2.19 or newer.
249 * Enable building with libetpan 1.0.
251 * Encrypt saved LDAP passwords.
253 * FIltering/Processing: Added 'List-Id' to the pre-defined headers.
255 * Added 'Reply to this address' to popup menu in the Message View.
257 * Added separate search phrase completion for normal/extended
260 * Several interface improvements.
262 * Use in-reply-to info that is passed in mailto: links.
264 * Added the GB18030 Chinese charset, which is a superset of GB2312
267 * Added German translation of the manual.
269 * Added Ukrainian translation.
276 o bug 2059 'gpgme >=1.1.8 not compatible with S/MIME
278 o bug 2076 'having worked 2 times properly CLAWS ceased to
279 decrypt incoming PGP mails -displays base64
280 instead - sucks completely'
281 o bug 2098, 'claws-mails crashes frequently with pgpcore'
282 o Address Book: fix button sensitivity in compose mode.
287 * Spell checker: Highlight misspelled words when applying template
288 and 'check while typing' option is on
290 * Spell checker: Highlight misspelled words in text inserted from
291 file(s) or pasted to message body when 'check while typing' option
294 * Improve parsing of List-Post header
296 * Add new drag type "claws-mail/msg-path-list" for drag'n'drop of a
297 message selection from the message list into other applications.
298 This enables other applications to back-link to Claws Mail via a
299 "claws-mail --select" call after they received a drop.
301 * Place the cursor in the compose window according to provided input.
302 If To: is present place cursor in Subject: field and if both To:
303 and Subject: are present place cursor in body. If body: is present
304 insert a new line after text and place cursor there.
306 * QuickSearch: Use all of the available space to view expressions
312 * The user is now warned when inserting a large file in the message
313 body. The value of 'large' can be configured on the Compose/Writing
314 page of the Preferences.
316 * Added 'has_attachment' and 'signed' matcher expressions to
317 Filtering and Processing Flags lists.
319 * Support Reply prefixes of French Yahoo mail and French Lotus Notes.
321 * Enabled Page Size and Orientation configuration in the print dialog.
322 GTK+ 2.18 or newer only.
324 * tools/convert_mbox.pl
325 Add -R flag to support recursive conversions of arbitrary Evolution
331 * Default Cc, Bcc and Reply-To options have been added to Folder
334 * MIME parts that lack an end boundary are now handled, (even though
337 * A 'Metadata handling' option has been added to the Miscellaneous
338 options page. The options are 'safer' or 'faster'. 'faster' is
339 Claws' original behaviour. 'safer' prevents data loss on system
340 crashes where the filesystem is of a 'not-so-robust' variety, e.g.
341 xfs. If in doubt, use 'safer'. This option defaults to 'safer'.
343 * Face and X-Face previews have been added to the Custom Header
344 Configuration dialogue in Account preferences.
346 * An option has been added to the Receive page of IMAP account
347 preferences, "Move deleted mails to trash and expunge immediately".
348 This option is on by default to avoid changing the existing
349 behaviour. Turning it off prevents automatic expunging.
350 Also, 'Tools/Expunge' and 'View/Hide deleted messages' menu items
351 have been added to main toolbar.
353 * Support for clickable gopher:// links has been added.
355 * In the Compose window a warning dialogue is raised if attachments
356 that have been added no longer exist on the filesystem at the time
359 * Buttons to clear header lines in the Compose window have been
362 * GnuTLS compatibility mode is now used, this avoids problems with
363 servers that don't comply 100% with the spec, but still exist.
365 * tools/csv2addressbook.pl
366 thunderbird import for version 2.0.0.21 has been added.
371 * Spell Checking has been added to the Subject in the Compose window.
373 * The 'Quotation characters' option has been moved from the Compose/
374 Writing page of the preferences to the /Message View/Text Options
377 * When replying to signed and/or encrypted mail and the preference to
378 sign and/or encrypt is set, the original mail's privacy system is
379 automatically used, if available.
381 * If a text/calendar attachment is present in a message it is
382 automatcally selected if a suitable plugin (i.e. vCalendar) is
385 * /Tools/List URLs now shows both the link title and URI if possible.
387 * A URI appearing in the statusbar is now only trimmed if necessary.
389 * When using /Tools/Create filter|procesing rule/Automatically
390 the List-Id header is preferred to X-* headers.
392 * The manual has been updated.
397 * Expanding/Collapsing of threads is now approximately 95% faster.
399 * Cache reading is now approximately 10% faster.
401 * The shortcut key settings of the main window and the message list
402 context menus are now connected.
404 * The preferences on the 'Other' page have now been moved to
405 Other/Miscellaneous. The parent pages are now unselectable and the
406 first page is automatically selected on opening the preferences.
408 * In the Compose window, on the Others tab, the 'Save message to'
409 entry now has a drop-down list of the previous save locations.
411 * In the Compose window, the Attachments Properties window is now
412 confirmed and closed with the Return key.
414 * When using an external editor to compose messages, the message is
415 automatically saved to Drafts when the external editor is closed.
417 * A hidden option has been added, 'primary_paste_unselects' which
418 causes the primary buffer to be cleared and the insertion point to
419 be repositioned when the middle mouse button is used for pasting
420 text. It is turned off by default.
422 * In the Actions window, the Escape key now cancels the action
425 * Offline SSL certificate verification has been added.
427 * Privacy plugins: The decryption failure messages are now shown
428 in the NoticeView just above the message text rather than in a
431 * Privacy plugins: when listing the UIDs during a signature check,
432 show the UID validity
434 * tools/popfile-link.sh
435 Support for reusing existing POPFile session ID has been added.
437 * tools/kdeservicemenu
438 Support for kde4 has been added.
440 * win32: better integration has been implemented by using the
441 standard file associations.
446 * Claws Mail now requires libetpan 0.57 for IMAP and NNTP.
448 * SSL support is now provided by gnuTLS exclusively. OpenSSL support
449 has been dropped due to licensing issues.
451 * Added /View/Fullscreen option.
453 * Re-ordering of the filtering/processing condition and actions lists
454 is now possible using drag'n'drop.
459 * Claws Mail now requires libetpan 0.56 for IMAP and NNTP
461 * Spell checking is now provided by Enchant instead of Aspell. To
462 build spell checker support, you will need the libenchant headers.
464 * The S/MIME plugin is now part of this package.
466 * IMAP, NNTP, and SSL are now supported in the Windows port.
468 * Support for client SSL certificates.
470 * Better support of SSL certificate stores, to be able to verify
473 * Renaming of newsgroups is possible.
475 * "Always open message when selected" can now have three values:
476 'Never', 'Always' and 'When message view is visible'.
478 * Unsaved server passwords can now be temporarily saved for the
479 duration of the session. They can be cleared before the session
480 expires by using '/Tools/Forget all session passwords'.
482 * Auto-wrapping settings are now saved in drafted messages.
484 * Support for basic auto-indentation in the Compose window.
486 * Support for animated GIFs in the message view.
488 * Type-ahead search in Filtering, Templates, Actions dialogs now
489 select the result of the search.
491 * Finer granularity in POP3 accounts' Remove After delay - hours in
494 * Spam/Ham flag is now stored on IMAP server when possible, using
495 "Junk" and "NonJunk" keywords.
497 * Use less precise intervals when possible for auto-checking, thus
498 the CPU is woken up less frequently.
500 * The warning icon in the main window is cleared when the error it
501 relates to is clipped from the network log.
503 * IMAP errors now reveal the server on which they happen.
505 * All deprecated GTK interfaces have been replaced with their
506 non-deprecated equivalents.
508 * csv2addressbook.pl: Added support for FoxMail.
514 * Added an option, "Use secure file deletion if possible", which
515 enables shredding of temporary files and messages instead of
516 just removing them. This is available on the Other preferences
519 * Added an option, "Select the HTML part of multipart/alternative
520 messages". This is available on the Message View/Text Options
523 * Added an option to the 'Create new folder' dialogue which enables
524 new folders to inherit the properties of their parent folders
525 during folder creation.
527 * Added a hidden option, "two_line_vertical", which toggles the
528 2-line view in the message list when using the 3-column layout.
529 Defaults to '1', show 2 lines.
531 * Added a hidden option, "outgoing_fallback_to_ascii", which allows
532 the user to specify an outgoing charset/encoding, but still fall
533 back to 7bit US-ASCII when possible.
534 Defaults to '1', fallback when possible.
536 * Added support for the Avant Window Navgator (Awn) information
537 bubble. This is automatically enabled if dbus is available.
539 * Face and X-Face headers can now be added globally and per-account
540 from configuration files under ~/.claws-mail/autofaces/. Further
541 information is provided in the manual.
543 * The SHA1 fingerprint is now shown on the SSL certificate dialogue
544 and the labels are now selectable.
546 * Several GUI improvements have been made, (Address book, filtering
547 dialogue, Actions dialogue, and Account preferences).
549 * New icons have been added for 'Reply to list' and 'Cancel'. The
550 'Insert file' and 'Close' icons have been improved, as have the
553 * Added the Trash and Delete icons to the Custom Toolbars options.
555 * SMTP-only accounts are now not shown in the Receive menus and
556 Account lists in filtering/processing, as they are irrelevant here.
558 * tools/csv2addressbook.pl
559 Support for a gmail exported csv address book was added.
561 * Updated English, French, and Spanish manuals.
566 * Added support for /dev/mem_notify. This Linux kernel feature
567 will allow applications to be notified that memory has to be
568 freed before getting OOM-killed.
569 For more information: http://lwn.net/Articles/267013/
571 * Enabled moving/copying folders to root folders when using the
572 folder selection dialogue.
574 * Global and per-folder templates can now override the From name.
576 * Added a tooltip with extended folder stats. (Hover the cursor over
577 the short stats on the right, below the message list.)
579 * Implemented 2-line items in the message list when in three column
582 * Added support for png themes.
584 * Added an icon for attached patches (text/x-patch and text/x-diff).
586 * When viewing a message that has a large amount of text, show a
587 maximum of 1MB of text and add a noticeview to show optionally show
590 * Added a button to the templates preferences to restore defaults for
593 * Added search in filtering rules list.
596 Added a "learn from whitelist" preference.
599 Added information when fetching large messages.
601 * tools/csv2addressbook.pl
602 Added support for Kmail/Kaddressbook.
607 * Forbid attaching anything containing "../" or ".ssh/" in mailto:
610 * Add a hidden preference, 'use_networkmanager', to disable
611 NetworkManager handling
616 * Due to licensing problems, the ClamAV plugin has been removed from
617 the Claws Mail core distribution and can now been found packaged
618 separately or with the 'extra plugins' package.
620 * Added NetworkManager support
621 This is built by default if the dependencies are satisfied; it can
622 be specifically disabled with '--disable-networkmanager-support'.
623 This enables Claws Mail to track changes to the network status.
625 * Added DIGEST-MD5 support for IMAP authentication
627 * Added Folder Properties option, 'Run processing rules when opening'
630 * Added sub-sorting to the Message List; when the Sort type is either
631 Subject, From, To or Tags, sub-sorting by Date will be active.
633 * Added from=address to the mailto sequence
634 The 'from' will try to select the first matching account in the
635 Accounts list, otherwise it will use the usual account selection
636 mechanism but will override it with the given 'from' address.
638 * Added insert=FILE to the mailto sequence (stands for 'insert file')
639 This adds the ability to create a new message from the command-line,
640 with the body set from the contents of an existing file.
642 * Added mailto with NNTP accounts
643 This comes into play if mailto is used when an NNTP account is the
644 default account or if an NNTP account address is used with 'from'.
646 * Added several GUI improvements to the Filtering, Processing, Tags,
647 Actions, Templates, Logging and Address Book dialogues
649 * Added a tooltip to the 'replied' icon in the Message List which
650 indicates 'click to see your reply' feature.
652 * Added 'claws-mail --version-full' to display the version and a list
653 of the compiled-in features
655 * Implemented speed-ups to list operations, deletions and cache
658 * Updated the man page
660 * The Trayicon plugin icons are now themable.
662 * text/calendar message parts are now automatically displayed if a
663 plugin handling text/calendar is loaded, e.g. vCalendar.
665 * Maemo: connect HW status change signal for shutdown
667 * Maemo: identify mmc1 and mmc2 more clearly in the GUI
669 * Maemo: Make dnd threshold higher
674 * Several GUI improvements
675 The colour preferences have been split into tabs.
676 Improve the way 'Find in current message' search results are
677 shown by vertically centering the selected text in the
679 Improvements to the 'List URIs' dialogue.
680 Filtering/Processing Match Type dialogue has been reworked.
681 Several other layout improvements.
683 * Several address book improvements
684 Added Custom Attributes, which can be edited from
685 '/Tools/Edit custom attributes...' and are used from the
686 'Name' drop down list on the 'Edit Person Details' dialogue.
687 Always add a new contact if any value is set, instead of
688 silently rejecting it when an email address is not set.
689 Better guessing of contact name from incomplete name
691 Better display of contacts that have no name set, in contact
692 lists, group contents, find duplicate results.
693 Error messages don't show in the status bar anymore, alert
694 panels are used instead.
695 Several other GUI improvements.
697 * Added optional Tooltips to the Message List. This is enabled by the
698 'Show tooltips' option on the '/Display/Summaries' Preferences page
699 and is only possible with GTK+ >= 2.12
701 * Much improved handling of Return Receipts, both outgoing and
704 * Added the option to use the system defaults for External Programs
705 preferences on the '/Message View/External Programs' page.
707 * Added "select first email in list" to the list of possible
708 selections in the 'Set default selection on entering a folder'
709 options on the '/Display/Summaries' preferences page.
711 * IMAP: Added IMAP tags support. (Note: 'Bandwidth-efficient' mode
712 prevents fetching of tags.)
714 * IMAP: Optimised flag handling and message copying.
716 * Improved printed page layout for built-in GTK+ printing
717 Bold fonts are now used where appropriate and a demarcation
718 between header and body has been added.
720 * Optimised filtering on flags/tags changes.
722 * MAEMO: Added LED flashing for new mail alerts
724 * MAEMO: Made all of the left of column in the Folder List a hotspot
725 for expanding/collapsing the tree.
730 Non-blocking NNTP has been implemented. NNTP support is now provided
731 by and depends upon libetpan
733 GnuTLS support has been implemented as an alternative to OpenSSL.
734 [./configure --enable-gnutls]
736 A run-time alternative configuration directory switch has been added,
737 [claws-mail --alternate-config-dir DIR]
739 Tags: Added tag alphabetical sorting and unified the dialogues.
741 Edit accounts dialogue: The 'default account' (D) column has been
742 removed, instead the default account is indicated by use of
745 Templates: Added ability to attach files using |attach{filename}.
746 Templates options are now presented in a tabbed layout.
748 Address Book: Added duplicate finder, '/Tools/Find duplicates'.
749 It is now possible to set an image for each contact. Pictures
750 from a contact's Face or X-Face will be automatically set
751 when available. The contact's image will be automatically
752 displayed in the message view or header pane if the message
753 has no Face or X-Face header.
755 '/View/Character encoding' submenus are now grouped together
757 GTK+ built-in print support is now used if GTK+ >= 2.10 is available.
758 libgnomeprint will never be used if GTK+ >= 2.10 is available.
760 Reinstated 'Generate Message-ID' option as an Account preference. It
761 is hidden on IMAP accounts, because Message-IDs are needed on
762 servers that don't implement the UIDPLUS extension.
764 Toolbar preferences: Improved dialogue.
766 Compose window: the number of attachments is now shown in the tab's
769 Attachments: When opening attachments with 'Open' or 'Open with...'
770 the temporary files are now saved as read-only. A hidden
771 preference has been added, 'save_parts_readwrite', which
772 permits the previous behaviour.
774 IMAP: Added a button on the Folder Properties General page to allow
775 users to discard local caches.
776 Added much better error handling.
777 Fetching of cached mails has been heavily optimised.
779 LDAP: Added read-only support for jpegPhoto LDAP field
781 Bcc in commandline URIs has been added.
783 Dillo browser plugin: Address book based whitelisting for loading
784 remote images has been added.
786 SpamAssassin plugin: Address book based whitelisting has been added.
788 MAEMO: Maemo 4.0 (Chinook) build enabled.
790 MAEMO: Removed some useless tooltips.
792 tools/csv2addressbook.pl
793 a new script that imports a CSV formatted address book. Becky
794 and Thunderbird address book are currently supported.
800 o bug 1320, 'Memory leak caused by gtk_container_get_children'
801 o bug 1321, 'access before allocation when scanning for uris'
802 o bug 1324, 'Corrupted IMAP cache'
803 o bug 1327, 'segfault when replying to a non-existent news
805 o bug 1329, 'error in quicksearch.c'
806 o bug 1334, 'user defined mail incorporation script not run'
807 o bug 1336, 'Segfault if empty space before search-string'
808 o bug 1337, 'Crash on removing uncached emails'
809 o Prevent unquoted mime boundaries, by always using a /
810 o Remove unnecessary error when cancelling export to mbox.
811 o MAEMO: make all Folder Properties pages visible
812 o MAEMO: fix overlapping buttons in Edit Accounts page
819 o bug 1308, 'Claws deletes folderlist.xml after fetching mail
820 short after start-up'
821 o bug 1311, 'Wrong arrow position while moving message into
822 folder when column headers hidden'
823 o fix build without USE_LDAP_TLS
824 o Accounts list: fix "Local" protocol not shown when
826 o Tags: fixed issues with tags with spaces, and renaming tags
827 o Accounts list: Show protocol "SMTP" and the appropriate
828 server for send-only accounts
829 o Accounts list: show "-" instead of "" when no value is
831 o do not allow locked msgs to be deleted, even by filtering
833 o Show error message in the GUI if image can't be loaded
834 o Remove Generate Message-ID option. We need this on some
836 o Maemo: distinguish various statusbar messages,
837 in order to display only the most important.
838 o Maemo: fix statusbar/window mismatch
839 o Maemo: fix scrolling to cursor
845 * Claws Mail is now licensed under GPLv3 or later.
848 Tags are arbitrary labels that can be applied to messages. It is
849 possible to create, edit, remove Tags; apply them to mails;
850 filter on Tags or Tag presence; apply or unset Tags via Filtering
851 actions; reference Tags in reply Templates.
853 * Threads can now be sorted by most recent message
854 /View/Sort/By thread date
856 * Added "/View/Show or Hide/Column headers"
858 * Added 'watch thread' feature
860 * Enabled the running of folder Processing rules on demand
862 * Added options to stop/enable writing logs to disc, see Logging
865 * IMAP and News: Implement age-based caching: allow the specifying
866 of a threshold for the offline synchronisation feature, and whether
867 old cached bodies should be removed. Accessible from the Folder
870 * IMAP: Made multiple copy, (in the same IMAP account), faster by
871 matching source/destination message UIDs.
873 * LDAP: Ability to edit all Person attributes
875 * Nicer layout of the message part icons
877 * Speed up and clean up rendering of larger msgs
879 * Use progress bar when sending messages
881 * Made mainwindow's /Help/Manual point to the remote copy if the
882 local copy doesn't exist
884 * Replaced some deprecated widgets
886 * Enabled changing the emphasis color used to highlight the
887 newsreader/x-mailer header value when it matches our preferred
888 mail agent, (hidden pref 'emphasis_color' added to clawsrc).
890 * tools/mew2claws-mail.pl
891 Added new script that imports a Mew address book
893 * tools/popfile-link.sh
894 Added a new script that will open selected messages in
895 POPFile control center, in order to change the message
900 * Check that Dillo's installed when loading the Dillo Browser
903 * Maemo improvements:
904 o Automatically choose the correct application
906 o Better way to notify of new mails
907 o Destroy messageview after trashing mail
909 o Better toolbars, removal of CTree headers
910 o Add a specific icon to go back to folder list
911 o Improvements to the Wizard, About and icon legend dialogues
912 o add an easy way to store data (mails and IMAP/NNTP caches)
913 on one of the SD cards, and protect against unmounts if
915 o plug the online/offline system into maemo's interfaces to
916 have Claws automatically switch according to the system
917 status (on IT OS 2007)
918 o use HildonBanners to display status messages
919 o force layout to be Small screen
920 o put the progress bar in the toolbar
926 * libetpan 0.49 is now required for IMAP support
928 * Added "From, To or Subject" to the QuickSearch types.
930 * Added handling of the 'a' key to loop through a mail's MIME parts.
932 * In the Compose window "Add to address book" has been added to the
933 context menu of the sender and recipient fields.
935 * Implemented a proper References filtering condition.
937 * Added the possibility to cancel receiving in IMAP accounts.
939 * Made offline synchronisation faster.
941 * Added an alternate way to fetch flags on IMAP, which improves
942 performance with some servers, (like Exchange).
943 See "Bandwidth-efficient mode" in IMAP accounts' Receive
946 * Allow manual sorting of Templates.
948 * Templates improvements: easier syntax, add some useful variables.
950 * Implemented per-account and per-folder compose/reply/forward
953 * Added a QuickSearch option to automatically run a search selected
956 * Made the Summaries Preferemces page "when entering a folder..."
957 options fully customisable.
959 * Added an "Open last opened folder at startup" option to the
960 Summaries page in the Prerferences.
962 * Changed the Preference "Only mark as read when opened in new
963 window" on the Summaries page to "Only mark as read when opened
964 in new window, or replied to".
966 * Allow disabling mail filtering plugins on a per-account
969 * Added an option to the Bogofilter and SpamAssassin plugins to
970 enable marking saved spam as Read.
972 * Added a warning about encryption limits, which can be disabled.
974 * Removed the "Download all" preference from POP3 accounts; it
975 was useless and confusing.
977 * Re-organized some Preferences page.
979 * Replaced the tabbed layout in Account Preferences with pages.
981 * Renamed 'Protocol Log' to 'Network Log'
983 * Added a few cursor improvments while Claws is busy.
985 * Added support for CRLF in headers of messages.
987 * Added support for a few more date formats (RFC3339 subsets).
989 * The keypad's Enter key now does the same as the Return key.
991 * Improved LDIF import, better error handling, UI cleanup.
993 * LDAP write support has been added.
995 * Use Hildon's file chooser on Maemo.
1001 * Added a printer icon.
1004 o bug 1187, 'Reply-to addressee disappears when reply-to text
1005 box is clicked...' (Maemo)
1006 o bug 1190, 'dir_open' button doesn't work' (Maemo)
1007 o bug 1193, 'Need a way to multi-select items'
1008 o bug 1194, 'Hardware keys move from email list to account/
1009 directory list, but not back to email list...'
1011 o bug 1196, 'Edit>Select All doesn't work' (Maemo)
1012 o bug 1198, 'Reply-all "disappearing" address bug
1014 o bug 1200, 'Add option to always retrieve full messages'
1015 o bug 1209, 'Clicking on address in header (mailto uri)
1016 selects default account'
1017 o bug 1211, 'Offline dialog message bugs/annoyances...'
1018 o Don't reflect accounts changes to the mainwindow when it's
1020 o Fix double fetching of mails if first try failed
1021 o Fix a crash in textview
1022 o Fix changing quicksearch type (after Esc, after changing
1024 o tools/uudec Fix missing dash to `display` command-line
1030 o Fix for CVE-2007-1558 (APOP)
1031 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1558
1034 o Fix bug 1185, 'Pluginwindow's [X] button doesn't save'
1035 o Fix encoding woes wrt saving of mails and parts
1040 * Added a Maemo port
1041 The Maemo port touches several areas: using the correct APIs for
1042 a good integration, adding of a new layout suited for small
1043 screens, Maemo-specific default preferences changes, Maemo-specific
1044 GUI improvements, etc.
1046 * Added more customisable colour labels
1048 * Added 'Mark as spam', 'Mark as ham', and 'Add to address book'
1051 * Added a new Quote Format symbol, %A, to insert the sender's email
1054 * Changed the option to display unread message counts next to folder
1055 names: it is now possible to display the total count of messages
1056 too. Configurable from Display/Summaries
1058 * If Claws Mail is already running on another display, attempting to
1059 start it will mention that instead of popping up the window on the
1062 * Added debugging of filtering/processing rules. Configurable from
1063 Other/Logging options page
1065 * Added handling of the contextual menu key in compose windows and
1068 * Added a "pulsing" progressbar in the label window used when
1069 rebuilding folder tree, etc, in order to show activity
1071 * Improved "Offline mode override" dialogue to avoid asking
1072 repeatedly, but still ask on explicit user actions
1074 * Improved the creation of POP/Local accounts when no MH mailbox
1075 exist: create the default one
1077 * Write folderlist directly after adding/deleting accounts that have
1080 * Added logging IMAP ALERTs as errors in the log
1082 * Added a way for MimeViewer plugins to implement search in a part's
1085 * Updated, added and replaced some icons
1087 * Added display of any LDAP specified Search attributes
1089 * Added 'telephoneNumber' in the default LDAP list of attributes
1091 * Updated the Face header in the welcome message
1093 * Added the option to minimize to tray in the Trayicon plugin
1095 * Added a wrapper to mairix in the tools folder, tools/mailrix.sh
1097 * Added a script which enables inserting files into the message body
1098 of a new Compose window from the command line,
1099 tools/claws-mail-compose-insert-files.pl
1101 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, French, German,
1102 Hungarian, Polish,Serbian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
1109 o bug 1129, '"local mbox file" account isn't retrieving
1111 o bug 1135, 'cm-segfault on decrypting with PGP/inline'
1112 o bug 1136, 'Crash in group address completion'
1113 * Fix "After receiving new mail, go to inbox" on IMAP, and
1114 restrict it to manual fetching only
1115 * Fix alertpanel.h only included in #ifdef HAVE_LIBETPAN
1116 * Fix return value without libetpan
1117 * Use gtk_window_set_role instead of gtk_window_set_wmclass
1118 * Fix mime/globs path on NetBSD
1123 * Removed 'Separate Folder tree' and 'Separate Message View' and put
1124 new layouts in place of it, 'Standard', 'Three columns', 'Wide
1125 message' and 'Wide message list'. Accessible from /View/Layout.
1127 * Added IMAP subscriptions
1128 Creating a new folder subscribes it. Deleting a folder unsubscribes
1129 it. "Creating" an existing but unsubscribed folder will subscribe
1130 it. By default, for new accounts, only subscribed folders are shown.
1131 A contextual menu item has been added, /Subscriptions, which allows
1132 switching the display between All folders and Subscribed folders
1133 only. It also enables the subscribing and unsubscribing of folders.
1135 * Added the option 'Enable customisable menu shortcuts' to the
1136 'Other' preferences page. Turning this off locks the current hot
1137 keys, preventing accidental changes.
1139 * Added icons for application/pdf, application/pgp-signature,
1140 application/postscript and text/calendar.
1142 * Added /Tools/List URIs
1143 Enables opening any or all of the URIs contained in the currently
1146 * Added 'spam flag' to the Filtering and Processing Match Types.
1148 * Removed the 'Composing messages exist' dialogue on exit. Instead
1149 opened messages are automatically saved to drafts, and re-opened at
1152 * Added handling of local URIs, (file:///...), from the --attach
1155 * Added Account options for spellcheck default dictionaries.
1157 * Added 'Edit/Delete thread'.
1159 * Added an option 'Ask about account specific filtering rules...' to
1160 the 'Other' page, which was previously a hidden option.
1162 * Some preferences have been re-arranged:
1163 Moved the 'Ask before emptying trash' option on the 'Other' page
1164 outside of the 'On exit' frame as it's not only an 'On exit' option.
1165 Moved 'Never send Return Receipts' from 'Other' to 'Sending' page.
1166 Moved keybinding preferences to the 'Other' page.
1167 Added 'mousepad' to the list of text editors on the 'External
1170 * Bogofilter and SpamAssassin plugins: Enabled moving spam mail to the
1171 Account's Trash folder instead of default Trash folder.
1173 * ClamAV plugin: updated for the upstream changes in libclamav, whilst
1174 maintaining compatibility with older version of libclamav.
1176 * GPG Plugins: Added an option 'Use gpg-agent to manage passwords' to
1177 GPG page of the common preferences. Fixes annoyances with distro-
1178 installed gpg-agent, when no pinentry program is installed, and the
1179 user is at a loss on why "decryption failed". It can be turned off
1180 to bypass gpg-agent. The option is disabled if gpg-agent is not
1183 * TrayIcon plugin: Added 'Hide at startup' and 'Close to tray'
1185 When the 'Close to tray' option is used the Window Manager's hotkey
1186 and [X] button will hide the window instead of closing it - closing
1187 CM can be done using the tray icon menu or the /File menu.
1188 Clicking the trayicon now raises the window to current desktop when
1189 it was either minimized or shaded, or when it was on another desktop.
1191 * Added support for non ISO-8859-1 compatible locales to the Actions
1192 scripts freshmeat_search.pl, google_search.pl and multiwebsearch.pl.
1194 * Renamed the maildir2claws-mail.pl script to kmail-mailbox2claws-mail.pl
1195 and updated it to work with newer versions of Kmail.
1197 * Added thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl script, which converts
1198 thunderbird filter rules to Claws filter rules.
1200 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Czech, Finnish,
1201 French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian, Simplified Chinese,
1202 Slovak and Spanish translations.
1207 * Added command line equivalent options:
1209 -q and --quit for --exit
1211 "Unknown option" is now printed when unknown command line options
1214 * The wizard for configuration migration, (Sylpheed-Claws to Claws
1215 Mail), now has the option to save or not save a backup of the old
1216 configuration folder.
1218 * The configuration wizard is now re-run if it was previously
1222 o bug 1100, 'Highlighted e-mail data not visible when color
1224 o bug 1101, '"Load plugin" button is accidentally hidden'
1225 o bug 1102, 'claws-mail-2.7.1 makes use of deprecated ldap
1227 o IMAP: fixed crash when connect command doesn't exist.
1228 o IMAP: better folder checking when an IMAP directory is set.
1229 o IMAP: Never remove INBOX when scanning for new folders.
1230 It's a special folder that must exist.
1231 o fix vertical scrollbar jumping back to the top when 'Check
1232 for new folders' is used.
1233 o fix sensitivity issues of Mark as Spam/Ham context menus.
1234 o fix potential crashes in the address book's embedded 'Edit
1235 person' dialogue, and fix conflicting copy/paste menu
1237 o Reflect change of Font configuration in the Header view
1239 o fix handling of empty values in attach_load_directory and
1240 attach_save_directory clawsrc options.
1241 o fix 2nd-run loss and new configuration loss of filtering
1242 rules on configuration migration.
1243 o Bogofilter plugin: fix sensitivity of "Insert X-Bogosity
1250 o bug 1095, 'Crash while changing folder columns during
1252 o bug 1098, 'bogus last row display after expanding a thread'
1253 o fix a few annoyances when choosing keys for the CMS (S/MIME)
1255 o fix updating of the mime parts
1256 o fix Forwarding msgs with attachments that have dos line
1258 o strip S/MIME signatures when re-editing S/MIME signed
1260 o fix body search starting at the end of the mail (and asking
1262 o fix Enter in search windows
1263 o fix dbus-related crash in the the GTK+ file selector.
1264 o IMAP: fix recursion when server lists the current subfolder
1266 o IMAP: get rid of the previous mailimap when connecting, just
1267 in case disconnect was unclean
1268 o IMAP: make sure we don't use an old socket when reconnecting
1274 * The --select option can now also select emails by Message-ID
1276 * Attaching files from 'mailto:' URIs (&attach=...) is now possible.
1277 A dialog is displayed to make sure that the user is aware that the
1278 mail will contain attachments
1280 * 'New Message format' has been added to the Compose/Writing options,
1281 this works like the Quote format and the same symbols are supported
1283 * Reworked the About dialog, including the addition of a new page,
1284 'Features', which indicates which of the optional features are
1285 compiled in and which are not. A 'Release Notes' page was also
1288 * Added history combo for all search fields (message and text)
1290 * The 'mark_as_read_delay' option is not hidden anymore and can be
1291 found in Configuration/Preferences/Summaries
1293 * Added global and per-folder preferences to set the default
1294 alternate dictionary
1296 * Allow spell-checking to use both current and alternate dictionaries
1298 * Added an hidden option 'addressbook_use_editaddress_dialog' to
1299 embed the contact editor in the addressbook window in contrast to
1302 * Added a hidden option 'unsafe_ssl_certs', to allow storing
1303 multiple SSL certificates for a given server/port. You will be
1304 asked to accept unknown certificates. Unchecking this option will
1305 require you to re-accept previously known certificates
1307 * Allow copying of folders between mailboxes
1309 * Better automatic account selection for mailing lists (searches for
1310 the email address in the Delivered-To header also)
1312 * Made the "Synchronise" menu item inactive when there's nothing to
1315 * Use Message font in Writing and Quoting preferences, as well as in
1318 * Added more HTML symbols to the html to text converter
1320 * Save the addressbook's window size on closing
1322 * Better checks for syntax errors are applied to Templates and Quote
1325 * Added a check to avoid trying to use a non-existent folder as
1328 * Enable setting SSL via STARTTLS from the set-up wizard
1330 * Added handling of ":port" in server addresses in the set-up wizard
1331 to specify a port to connect to
1333 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to print the X-Claws-Bogosity
1334 header in emails handled by the Bogofilter plugin (in MH folders
1337 * Bogofilter plugin: added an option to whitelist senders found in
1340 * Bogofilter plugin: Allow storing of Unsure mails in a specific
1341 folder to make better teaching easier
1343 * Bogofilter plugin: Improved GUI interaction while Bogofilter is
1346 * TrayIcon plugin: added an "Email from account/..." submenu
1348 * updated Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Catalan, Finnish,
1349 French, Italian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, and Spanish
1355 * First release as Claws Mail
1358 o bug 1053, 'SC fails to reestablish a secure connection'
1359 o bug 1054, 'Slowness logging big data chunks'
1360 o bug 1057, 'crash on sending s signed message to a
1362 o bug 1060, 'compilation error with Irix's cc'
1363 o bug 1061, 'crash on opening signed email'
1364 o bug 1066, 'Incorrect mailbox size displayed'
1365 o bug 1069, 'Sent mails disappear, BCC or locking problem?'
1366 o fix Reply To/Mailing list from the menu
1367 o forbid drag and drop from/to different folders of type
1369 o src/ssl_manager.c: fix possible infinite loop
1370 o fix Options/Reply mode after draft save
1371 o obey always_show_msg option when marking as spam
1372 o fix spelling menu when replying
1373 o don't change the From column title to To if the To column
1375 o fix the wrong recipient being selected when replying to a
1376 msg which is From one of our accounts To another of our
1378 o fix crash on combining mark_as_read_delay with Hide Read
1380 o create ~/.mailcap if it doesn't exist
1386 * Final release as Sylpheed-Claws
1388 * libetpan 0.48 or greater is now required for IMAP support.
1390 * The Compose window now has an /Options/Reply mode/ menu. This
1391 enables changing the recipients of a reply on the fly.
1393 * QuickSearch now has a type-ahead option for fast searches.
1395 * Extra symbols are now available for the Quote parser, your name,
1396 your email address, the account name, and the organization.
1398 * In the Folder Properties, it is now possible to test the regular
1399 expression used in the Simplify Subject RegExp option.
1401 * GSSAPI support has been added for IMAP.
1403 * UIDPLUS support has been added for IMAP.
1405 * A Stop button has been added for Message Body searches, enabling
1406 cancelling of a running search. This is available in '/Edit/Search
1407 Folder...' and '/Edit/Find in current message...'.
1409 * libSM support has been added. This enables communication with the
1410 session manager, so that it is known when the session ends, in
1411 order to save the caches, and draft any messages currently being
1414 * Support for Address Book Groups has been added to the Compose
1415 window's automatic address completion.
1417 * a new hidden option has been added, 'respect_flowed_format'. This
1418 follows RFC3676 with regard to a message part with a Content-Type
1419 that includes 'format=flowed' and 'delsp=yes'. This will cause some
1420 mails to have long lines, but will fix some URLs that would
1421 otherwise be wrapped. By default it is turned off.
1423 * Basic key import/export has been added to the PGP plugins. When
1424 generating a new key pair you can export the public key to a key
1425 server. When selecting the signature part of a message, if the key
1426 is not on your keyring, you will be asked if you want to attempt
1427 to import it from a keyserver.
1429 * The TrayIcon now displays 'offline' status.
1431 * More window sizes and placements are remembered across sessions.
1433 * tools/fix_date.sh: Switches to replace non RFC-compliant Date:
1434 value, and to use strict RFC matching patterns for dates have been
1437 * Several optimisations have been made.
1444 o Fix redirecting of sent mails
1445 o Fix Go to Next * after applying Preferences
1446 o Fix quote-folding when emails don't convert cleanly to
1453 o bug 1034, 'Incorrect display of size field in message view'
1459 o bug 1032, 'Segmentation fault when showing message'
1460 o fix crash with quote folding on HTML
1461 o fix building with --disable-nls
1462 o remove tabs in Subject string
1467 * Make node expanding in the Folder List non-recursive
1470 o bug 1024, 'Array index out of range in
1472 o Fix "Check for new folders" on folders with accented
1474 o Fix filtering "copy" rules
1475 o Fix "goto next unread" after collapsing/expanding a node
1481 o bug #1023 (Sylpheed deletes too much messages)
1482 o Crash in partial downloading
1487 * It is now possible to stop searches in message bodies
1489 * IMAP: Use UID SEARCH ALL instead of UID SEARCH UID 1:* in order
1490 to fix speed issues with badly implemented servers
1493 o Fix multiple registering of SpamAssassin and Bogofilter
1494 plugin after having changed their preferences, leading to
1495 slowness or duplicated messages.
1500 * Minimum required versions of GTK+ and GLIB is now 2.6.0
1502 * Minimum required version of libetpan (for IMAP support) is now 0.46
1504 * metamail support has been dropped, this is now handled internally
1506 * New plugin: Bogofilter, providing Spam filtering and learning
1508 * Account-based filtering rules. Each filtering rule can now be
1509 assigned to a specific account, by default it's "All".
1511 * Filtering against Address Book. It is now possible add matched
1512 conditions to determine if any email address in a message matches
1513 or doesn't match any or all books or folders in the Address Book.
1515 * Quote folding. Quotes in the message view can now be folded, via
1516 the "/View/Quotes/..." menu. The folding can also be toggled by
1517 double clicking on the quotes in the Message View
1519 * Re-enabled user-defined Headers in Displayed Headers configuration
1521 * "/View/Go to/Parent message" and "/View/Go to/Last read message"
1524 * Made the list views look more modern by add alternating coloured
1525 lines, replacing the box-type expanders with arrows, removing the
1527 Hidden prefs have been added to enable users to maintain the old
1529 'enable_dotted_lines' for the dotted lines and box-type expanders.
1530 'use stripes_in_summary' to enable alternating coloured lines in
1531 the Message and Folder lists.
1532 'use stripes_everywhere' to also enable alternating coloured lines
1534 Note: 'use_stripes_everywhere' replaces the previous hidden option
1535 'enable_rules_hint'.
1537 * New hidden pref, 'stripes_color_offset', to change the value added/
1538 subtracted to normal bgcolor to create the stripes in the summaries
1540 * The Send button on the main toolbar is now inactive when the Queue
1543 * IMAP: Added a View Log button on auth error
1545 * PGP/Core plugin: it is now possible to create a new key pair from
1548 * PGP/Core plugin: When encrypting, if only one key matches, and it
1549 matches exactly, it is automatically used
1551 * TrayIcon plugin: the icon now has transparency
1553 * Enabled text selection for replying from MimeViewer plugins
1555 * The attachments list in the MimeView column can now be scrolled
1556 using the mousewheel
1558 * In the MimeView column a middle-click will now just open the Mime
1559 part without showing it in the Message View, likewise, a right-
1560 click will display the context menu without displaying the part
1562 * The "When entering a folder..." selection option is now used for
1563 '/View/Go to/Next unread folder'
1565 * A special Return-Receipt message is shown if the message is from
1568 * An icon has been added to the statusbar to notify of errors
1570 * Added missing icons to the Icon Legend dialog
1572 * Enabled closing of SSL certificates and Folder Sort dialogs with Esc
1575 * Displaying of huge mails can now be cancelled, so the GUI doesn't
1578 * Claws Mail' internal queue headers are now hidden when showing
1579 all headers. They'll be present only in Source window.
1581 * Several GUI improvements.
1583 * Faster loading of folders and other optimisations and speed-ups
1585 * Logging has been improved.
1587 * improved sizing of some widgets
1589 * Made the desktop file XDG compliant
1591 * The manuals have been updated
1593 * A Spanish translation of the manual has been added
1595 * Added an action tool, tools/uuooffice, to open uuencoded *.doc files
1598 * Added an action tool, tools/fix_date.sh, to fix a missing Date field
1604 * A ./configure option has been added, --with-mandir=DIR allowing the
1605 setting of the man directory location
1607 * 'Send queue' has been added to the folder contextual menu, which
1608 allows sending the contents of a single queue, as opposed to the
1609 toolbar's Send Queue, which sends all queues
1611 * '/View/Go to/Next unread folder' has been added
1613 * 'View/Go to/Next marked messages' now traverses folders
1615 * sftp:// links are now recognised in mails
1617 * A dialogue is presented to the user when dropping files into the
1618 Compose window, asking whether to insert or attach the file(s). The
1619 default behaviour can be controlled via a new option in
1622 * Allow attached message parts to be selected, opened, or saved via
1623 their text label in the message body
1625 * Save named inlined attachments with "Save all"
1627 * An option to change the Folder Type has been added to the Folder
1630 * Add |i{sub_expr} to Templates, which allows inserting user-entered
1633 * A new option has been added to '/Preferences/External programs' to
1634 allow "Display as text" on attachments to be done via a script
1636 * An option to 'Never send Return Receipts' has been added to the
1637 'Other' page of the preferences.
1639 * The Custom Header dialogue in Account Preferences now has a 'From
1640 file...' button, which enables a Face or X-Face header to be set by
1643 * libgnomeprint support : A font for printing can be specified in
1646 * Add Help buttons to some dialogues, clicking on them will open the
1647 manual at a suitable section in the configured browser
1649 * The option 'Add date header' has been removed, a date header is
1652 * The '/Message/Re-edit' menu item has been removed from the separate
1653 Message View, where it was useless
1655 * Display an Account's Protocol as a label instead of the unusable
1656 combo when editing accounts
1658 * It is now possible to move and copy mails from and to the Drafts
1661 * More non-English Subject prefixes have been added
1663 * The Attachment flag is now set for some inlined attachments
1665 * Faster recursive quicksearch (show current folder's results before
1666 searching sub-folders)
1668 * Faster send on IMAP
1670 * Alert in case of authentication error on imap
1672 * Better error reporting in GPG plugins
1674 * Faster and better MBOX import/export
1676 * Save caches on SIGPIPE (like on Xorg exit)
1678 * Unified Info/Help/Symbols buttons
1680 * Honor display-header-pane setting in separate window too
1682 * Use the user-defined From: in the Return-Path: header when sending
1684 * Grab Save button by default in Save dialog, which allows saving
1687 * The online status is checked before resetting mailcheck timer
1689 * Show POP3 connection earlier in statusbar
1691 * Re-read /etc/resolv.conf before connecting to IMAP servers, and
1692 when switching to Online mode
1694 * tools/textviewer.pl has been added, which can be used with the new
1695 option 'Command for Display as Text' in '/Preferences/External
1698 * The Claws Mail logo has been updated
1705 * Improved error catching in GnuPG plugins
1707 * Always replace \n, \r and \t with spaces in headers
1709 * Fix 'make clean' removing of provided manuals
1711 * Fix setting of PACKAGE_DATA_DIR with newer versions of autoconf,
1712 backwards compatible
1714 * Fix double-ask of "Do you want to mark all as read"
1716 * Fix bug #968 (Rockliffe IMAP server doesn't like SC (server isn't
1717 RFC-compliant)) - Workaround Rockliffe IMAP server bug
1719 * Fix bug #969 (crash on rebuilding imap folder)
1721 * Fix bug #971 (2.2.3 cannot read mail from local mbox)
1726 * Mailing-list support (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, View Archive, etc)
1727 has been added in the main window's 'Message/Mailing list' menu
1729 * Filtering and processing rules can be disabled with just one click
1731 * The From address is editable in the Compose window
1733 * A menu has been added to the Compose toolbar button to enable
1734 choosing the account to use
1736 * Write-only support of .mh_sequences' Unseen property has been added
1737 for MH mailboxes, allowing synchronised flags when reading your MH
1738 mailbox with Mutt or other MH-based mail clients
1740 * More feedback is provided to the user when importing MBOX files
1742 * 'k' added as a shortcut for 'colorlabel' in the Extended Quick
1745 * The option to go to the first Marked message when entering a
1746 folder has been added.
1748 * The 'ignore thread' flag is now correctly set on mails threaded by
1749 subject, in addition to standard headers.
1751 * Hidden prefs have been added that allow customization of the
1752 colours used in the Log window (useful for dark GTK+ themes)
1754 * Optimised large folder reading
1756 * Optimised copy/move/deletion/selection
1758 * Optimised 'mark all read' in the current folder
1760 * 'test' filtering rules are processed in the background
1762 * A progressbar for cache updates has been added
1764 * A progressbar for copy/move functions has been added
1766 * More dialogues have been made HIG compliant
1768 * Allow recursive setting of properties for whole mailboxes
1770 * A Face header has been added to the Welcome mail
1772 * The user manual has been updated
1774 * tools/filter_conv_new.pl has been updated for rule
1782 * Fix crash on a very common code path, introduced by a merge error in
1790 * Fix URI check, which failed to identify fake, phishing URIs if they
1793 * Reply-To and Sender addresses in the message view are now fully
1796 * Remove extraneous tab at start of addresses.
1803 * Always obey the "confirm before marking all mails read" option
1805 * Fixed MBOX import/export's behaviour on failure
1807 * Fixed automatic rule creation with List-Post
1809 * Fixed some GTK+ warnings and errors at runtime
1811 * Fixed some compiler warnings
1813 * Fixed double init of the g_thread subsystem
1815 * Fixed saving of parts with names that can't be converted to UTF-8
1817 * Fixed a possible infinite loop when filtering moved and copied some
1820 * Fixed a buffer overflow in Russian locale
1822 * Fixed a memory leak in expired SSL certificate check
1824 * Fixed bolding of folder names in the folder selector window with
1827 * Added an hidden preference, 'ssl_skip_cert_check', to avoid
1828 duplicates of bug #959 - if libetpan is linked against gnutls, there
1829 can be bugs on 64 bits systems. Gnutls fixed them in their 1.2.4
1832 * The SSL "expired certificate" warning is now presented only once per
1835 * Fixed races when reusing the SMTP sessions
1837 * Added the missing timeout on SMTP sessions
1841 * Fixed a crash in PGP plugins, which could happen when signing fails
1844 * Fixed SpamAssassin plugin, which stayed disabled as long as the
1845 transport wasn't reselected
1847 * Fixed bug #830 (Some unread messages get marked read in IMAP inbox)
1849 * Fixed bug #955 (copying messages between imap folders is extremely
1852 * Fixed bug #961 (return receipt dialog complains incorrectly about
1853 return-path email adress being different)
1855 * Fixed bug #962 (Manual and/or UI should warn about incompatible
1856 locking causing dataloss)
1861 * S/MIME signature verification has been removed from the PGP/MIME
1862 plugin as it is now provided by the S/MIME plugin.
1864 * IMAP users will see significant speed improvements.
1866 * ANONYMOUS auth has been added for IMAP
1868 * In the Compose window all spell-checker options are now available
1869 from the /Spelling/Options menu.
1871 * Syntax errors in the extended Quick Search are now indicated by
1872 a pink/red background.
1874 * An encrypt-to-self option has been added to the Account Privacy
1877 * Sysadmins can now provide their users with pre-filled values in
1878 the Setup Wizard. See the manual, '6.6. Deploying Claws Mail',
1881 * Various GUI improvements have been added.
1883 * A new command line option has been added: --select 'folder[/msg]'
1884 This can be used at startup and causes the specified folder/message
1885 to be selected. 'folder' is a folder id like '#mh/Mailbox/inbox'
1887 * Optional background colouring of quotes has been added. It can be
1888 configured from the Colour Preferences dialogue.
1889 GTK+-2.8.x or newer is required for this feature.
1891 * In the Compose window, multiple quote levels are now coloured in
1892 the same way as the Message View.
1894 * A warning is now displayed on expired SSL certificates and the
1895 expiration date is shown.
1897 * A hidden option has been added, 'compose_no_markup', this prohibits
1898 the use of bold and italic text in Compose dialogue's account
1901 * LDAPS support has been added.
1903 * The user manual has been updated, and French and Polish
1904 translations are now also included.
1911 * The Preferences config file, ~/.claws-mail/sylpheedrc, is now
1912 stored with UTF-8 encoding
1917 * libetpan version 0.45 or newer is now required for IMAP support,
1918 this allows checking for IMAP/SSL certificates.
1920 * Support for the Face header has been added,
1921 see http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/
1923 * In the Templates dialog TAB address completion has been added for
1924 Cc and Bcc fields, in addition to To.
1926 * An account's signature file, (Account Preferences, Compose tab),
1927 can now been edited in place using the configured text editor.
1929 * An advanced search is now possible in the '/Edit/Search folder'
1932 * '/Edit/Find' has been added to the Compose window for text
1935 * A progress bar is now shown in the status bar whilst doing a Quick
1938 * A long search can now be cancelled.
1940 * In a Sent mail folder the From column in the message list is now
1941 automatically changed to the To column.
1943 * '/Message/Colour Label' has been added to the main menu, enabling
1944 (unmodifiable) shortcut keys, Ctrl+[0-7].
1946 * The colour labels are now customisable from the 'Display/Colours'
1947 page of the Preferences. It is now possible to choose any colours
1948 and to give them each a label.
1950 * A Spell Checking option to 'Recheck message when changing
1951 dictionary' has been added.
1953 * An option to 'Render HTML-only mail with plugin if possible' has
1954 been added to the 'Message View/Text Options' preferences page.
1956 * Headers in the message view and the Custom headers dialog are now
1957 translated if the option 'Translate header names' is activated.
1959 * It is now possible to sort the columns in the Addressbook.
1961 * More drag-n-drop capabilities have been added, from the message
1962 list to other apps, from the mimeview to other apps, from other
1963 apps to message list, from other apps to folder list, from the
1964 mimeview to the message and folder lists and the Compose window's
1967 * "Ignore thread" has beed added as a filtering action.
1969 * The Compose window is now hidden when sending mails via filtering.
1971 * An alphabetical resort is done immediately when a folder's name
1974 * Unsubscribing a newsgroup now removes the related folder and
1975 articles from newscache/
1977 * A "Get more..." link has been added to the Plugins window. This
1978 loads http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php in your browser.
1980 * The SpamAssassin plugin is now equipped with a spam learning
1981 interface, usable by right-clicking a message and choosing
1982 'Mark as Spam' or 'Mark as Ham' in the Mark submenu. It is now also
1983 possible to disable SpamAssasin filtering when receiving mail, so
1984 that the plugin can be used for learning only.
1986 * Remote learning in the SpamAssassin plugin has been added. This
1987 requires SpamAssassin 3.1.x.
1989 * A new script has been added that integrates a Thunderbird folder
1990 tree into Claws Mail, tools/tbird2syl.py
1995 * libetpan >= 0.41 is now required for IMAP support
1997 * A new and completely rewritten manual has been added.
1999 * An icon legend window has been added to the Help menu
2001 * Attached images can now be printed along with the message when using
2002 the optional libgnomeprintui support.
2004 * '--exit' command-line option has been added.
2006 * '--subscribe' command-line option has been added.
2007 Calling claws-mail --subscribe '%s' will ask the loaded plugins
2008 if they can handle the type of URL passed as a parameter. Thus, if
2009 using the RSSyl or vCalendar plugins, for example, the user will be
2010 able to subscribe RSS feeds or Webcals from the browser.
2012 * claws-mail email@domain.com is now equivalent to --compose
2014 * claws-mail proto://blah.com is equivalent to --subscribe
2016 * HIG compliant button order has been implemented.
2018 * Several dialogues throughout have been improved.
2020 * Text can now also been displayed next to the icons in the main
2023 * Quick mail retrieval from any account is now possible due to the
2024 account submenu which has been added to the 'Get All' button.
2026 * The spellchecker context menu in the compose window has been added
2027 to the standard GtkTextView menu instead of replacing it.
2029 * The Subject in the compose window title now updates instantaneously.
2031 * The mimetypes list in the compose window attachment pane is now
2032 alphabetically ordered.
2034 * The message view email and URI parsers have been enhanced.
2036 * In Quick Search Extended mode, a '...' button has been added, this
2037 provides the user with a dialogue enabling the quick formation of
2040 * When Quick Search is activated, the entry box is given a yellow
2041 background for greater visibility.
2043 * The LDAP search in the address book now supports wildcard searching
2046 * The configuration option 'Go to inbox after receiving new mail' has
2047 been moved from 'Display/Summaries' to 'Mail handling/Receive'.
2049 * The 'Wrap at send' configuration option has been removed.
2051 * Colour preferences have been moved from '/Message View/Colors' to
2054 * The previously hidden option, color_new, has been added to the GUI
2055 as '/Display/Colors/Folder' containing new messages.
2057 * The spamassassin and spamassassin_gtk plugins have been merged into
2058 one single plugin, and this plugin is now built by default if the
2059 requirements are matched.
2061 * The clamav and clamav_gtk plugins have been merged into one single
2064 * GnuPG support: Add support for PKA info if available
2066 * The PGP/Inline plugin now supports Content-Type 'application/pgp'.
2068 * A check to verify that plugins are licenced under a GPL-compatible
2069 licence has been added.
2071 * The unmaintained mathml_viewer plugin has been removed.
2073 * Added tools/filter_conv_new.pl.
2074 Converts the new style Sylpheed filter rules (Sylpheed >= 0.9.99)
2075 to Claws filtering rules.
2080 * etpan >= 0.40 is now required for IMAP support
2081 0.40 fixes the SSL connection errors that some users experienced.
2083 * Buffer overflows in the address book 'Import LDIF/ Mutt/Pine file'
2084 functions were fixed.
2087 Signature checking is now non-blocking
2089 * The URLs in the About window are now clickable
2091 * the man page has been updated and renamed 'claws-mail'
2096 * The binary is now 'claws-mail' and not 'sylpheed'
2098 * The default config dir is now '~/.claws-mail'. The user will
2099 be prompted to perform an automatic migration of configuration
2100 options to this new directory.
2102 * A new default internal icon theme has been added, based on the
2105 * Messages are now sorted by Date by default
2108 The noticeview is now shown on the message/rfc822 part in addition
2109 to the text/plain part.
2110 The privacy icon in the noticeview is now clickable and also uses
2111 key C to perform the signature check.
2112 The Trust field has been moved into Full info display.
2113 When trust is less than full, don't display a warning icon.
2114 Visual feedback is provided in the statusbar when checking
2116 The PGP/MIME signature file is now named 'signature.asc'.
2117 The dialog for entering a passphrase has been improved.
2119 * Local deletion of news posts has been added.
2121 * A file selector has been added for selecting an account's Signature
2124 * Many window sizes are now remembered.
2126 * The presense of marked msgs in unexpanded subfolders is now indicated
2127 by the icon of the parent folder.
2130 The message list is reset when the dialog is hidden.
2131 The 'Sticky' option, for keeping the search activated across folders.
2133 * The Subject is now set when forwarding multiple mails.
2135 * When a default Cc or Bcc is used, a check is performed to make sure
2136 the To header has also been set.
2138 * In the filtering dialog a warning dialog is shown if the rule was
2141 * The file and directory Browse buttons, ("...") have been improved.
2143 * When double-clicking an attachment the "Open with" dialog is
2144 presented if no command was found for the file type.
2146 * The X-Face has been added to the message view and can be toggled by
2147 '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Text options/Display
2148 X-Face in messageview'.
2150 * The message list context menu has been reworked.
2152 * When replying to a mail sent by yourself, Reply excludes your own
2153 address from the list of recipients. 'Reply All' and 'Reply to
2154 sender' still work like before.
2156 * When the Folder Preference 'Default To for replies' the entry in
2157 the Compose window is presented in bold text.
2159 * The About window has been reworked.
2164 * etpan >= 0.39 is now required for IMAP support
2166 * LDAP and JPilot support is now built by default if the dependencies
2169 * ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap is now used to open attachments
2171 * middle-click pasting that respects the 'Wrap pasted text' option
2174 * during composition the user is alerted if the message can't be
2177 * the description windows are now non-modal
2179 * a 'Clear Log' button has been added to the log window popup menu
2181 * Sender, List-Post and To have been added to the headers that are
2182 checked during automatic Filtering and Processing rules creation
2184 * the current locale's charset is used for display of broken mails
2185 and a hidden option, 'utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail', has
2186 been added allowing the user to use UTF-8 for broken mails
2188 * GNU/aspell support: if black is chosen as the misspelled word
2189 colour, misspelled words will be underlined.
2191 * the Message View and Compose windows now display the message
2192 subject as the window title.
2194 * libgnomeprint support: currently selected text attachments can be
2197 * drag'n'drop of messages from the Message List to a Compose window's
2198 Attachment pane is now possible
2200 * PGP/MIME plugin: it is now possible to verify S/MIME signatures
2202 * PGP/Core plugin: A "Don't encrypt" button has been added to the key
2203 selection dialog, and the buttons have been reordered.
2205 * the user is warned if the requested Privacy system is not available
2206 when composing a message
2211 * The 'Open first unread message when entering a folder' option has
2212 been replaced with 'When entering a folder select...'.
2213 Whether or not the selected message is opened is now exclusively
2214 controlled by the 'Always open message when selected' option.
2216 * Filtering and Processing rules can now be named.
2218 * A new icon for the Trash button has been added.
2220 * The 'Bold font' option has been removed. A displayed bold font is
2221 now derived from the normal font.
2223 * The option 'Display recipient in 'From' column if sender is yourself'
2224 has been removed from the GUI. It still exists as a hidden option.
2226 * Many improvements to the Address book.
2228 * A '/Special paste/' menu item has been added with sub-items 'as
2229 quotation', 'wrapped', and 'unwrapped'.
2231 * Colourisation of quotes, signatures, and URIs has been added to the
2234 * A 'To' column has been added to the message list pane.
2236 * The displayed columns in the folder list are now configurable.
2238 * A hidden option has been added, 'toolbar_detachable', that enables
2239 the removal of the toolbar handles.
2241 * A hidden option has been added, 'statusbar_update_step', that
2242 enables changing the sensitivity of the progress bar stepping.
2244 * Changes to the Fonts options are now applied immediately.
2246 * Subfolders of Drafts, Queue, Sent, and Trash now behave like their
2249 * An 'Open image' menu item has been added to image popup menu in the
2252 * Several optimisations and speed-ups have been added throughout.
2254 * The localedir, manualdir, and faqdir are now user-configurable.
2256 * tools/asus_mailled.sh
2257 A new script to blink an ASUS laptop's mail LED when there is
2260 * tools/kdeservicemenu/*
2261 Use Claws Mail icon and the text 'Claws Mail' in the menu,
2262 use kdialog during installation
2267 * add GPGME 1.x support.
2269 * A new PGP/Core plugin has been added
2271 * IMAP now uses libEtPan!
2273 * Printing support using libgnomeprint2 and libgnomeprintui2
2275 * The cache/mark files are now platform-independent.
2277 * A plugin dependency system has been added.
2279 * The PGP/Inline plugin has been added to the main package.
2281 * Folders which contain Marked messages are now indicated by a
2282 Folder icon overlaid with a tick
2284 * '/Edit/Quick search' menu item has been added to the main window
2286 * An option to 'Confirm before sending queued messages' has been
2289 * The "Copy ..." menu items now copy to both the X and the gtk
2290 clipboards in the Compose window
2292 * The Template and Plugin lists are now sorted alphabetically
2294 * Plugins preferences are now grouped under their own 'Plugins'
2297 * A 'Go to Prev' button has been added to the toolbar
2299 * Keyboard accelerators have been added to many buttons
2301 * The folder selection dialogue now displays folder names with
2304 * The 'Display cursor in message view' option is now a hidden option,
2305 'textview_cursor_visible'
2307 * Reordering of accounts by drag 'n' drop has been enabled in the
2308 'Edit accounts' dialogue
2310 * New Claws Mail icons have been added, and the default
2311 application icon is now set.
2313 * The SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins have been optimised.
2319 * improved IMAP support
2321 * Performance increases
2323 * /Message/Delete and /Message/Move to trash
2324 '/Message/Delete' has been renamed '/Message/Move to trash'
2325 and '/Message/Delete' has been added. '/Message/Delete' will
2326 now directly destroy the message, after asking for a
2327 confirmation, instead of moving it to the Trash folder.
2329 * new style configuration options interface.
2332 The 'PGP/MIME' plugin has been renamed 'PGP MIME'.
2334 * LDAP bind password is no longer visible onscreen.
2336 * An option to encrypt replies to encrypted messages by default
2338 * Filtering rules can be reordered by drag n drop
2340 * '/Options/Character encoding/...' has been added to the Compose
2343 * Hebrew encodings have been added
2345 * The 'Show all headers' option is now sticky.
2347 * Return Receipts can now be sent from any account.
2349 * A clip/signed icon has been added.
2355 * bug-fix release which fixes the ASpell Spell Checker
2361 * Inline image display
2363 * An option to render HTML as text has been added to
2364 /Configuration/Preferences/Common/Message
2366 * An option for a default Queue folder has been added to the
2367 'Advanced' tab of Account Preferences
2369 * Filtering Preferences window size is saved
2371 * Batch sending of mails (per account)
2373 * Support for GBK encoding
2375 * New logo in About window
2377 * tools/acroread2sylpheed.pl
2378 script to send pdfs as attachments from Adobe Reader 7
2379 see tools/README for details
2385 Initial GTK2 release
2387 * default config dir is ~/.sylpheed-gtk2